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Hi ! I am on latuda and also lamictol 300mg . My pa said she wanted me on both because lamictol is for mood and also treatment resistance depression also helps bipolar and latuda is a antipsycotic which also helps mood agitation suppose to give you more calming effects.You may just ask your doctor but i say if both are helping you stick with it.

Hey Harleerose, thank you for that. I would so love to get off medications, and it has sort of been looking (from reading all the positive posts) like Latuda has been a kind of wonder drug for a lot of us out there. It would be nice to take just one type of medication each day. And that is what I was hoping for in Latuda.

Lamictal has really worked well for me but I don't like the fact that my body is so dependent on it. Should I forget my morning tablet and go to work, in a few short hours afterwards I am feeling "outside of myself" it is almost as if I might need a higher dose. But I am also wondering if the generic they have now replaced my Lamictal with, is as good? Do you have any experience with that?

Anyway, I know I definitely need to get back on an antipsychotic medication, but I have had so many problems with all the different ones my doc has tried on me in the past. I will talk with my doc about Latuda and see if it might be something for me.

Hi Cjnorway... yes my lamictol feels like its not working as good i feel as if i am just maintaining myself. I have been on serquel weight gain but great sleep loved it but you gain weight quick at least i did also been on fanapt saphris which are new like latuda . Latuda didnt help me but everyone is different i was hopfull also cause of all the reviews im never that lucky thier trying to find me one O boy .

I am bipolar taking Lamictal XR, 400mg & 4th day of Latuda, 10mg. I am very sensitive to antipsycotics. Dr. says I'm not schizo, just cycling & its horrible, fear, halluciations, sight and sound. Think loved ones are out to get me. My family and me are at the end of our ropes. Will latuda help?

At first when I tryed latuda it didnt help. I felt restless but told my Pa about it & she put me on cogentin which helped a lot. Im just so scared of weight gain however you gotta give it a try. This is my second time around on 40mg & doing better NO weight gain so far. Hope this helps good luck')

I have a pretty good update. Since October '12 I have gone from 10mg Latuda and graduated up to 80 now. It took maybe 6 weeks to be sure what I was feeling was real. It was amazing. It was like waking up and being human again. I don't know if the 80 mg Latuda has made any significant difference from the 60 I was taking a month ago but I will stay at the level for some time and see how it goes.

I have to say, this seems like a miracle drug for me. My concentration has gotten about 80% better and I am able to read a book again. Pretty much. I am not paranoid and not being visited by monsters in the night. Weight gain: my doc said gain is not common with this medication so I don't know if my gain is do to the calm that has come back into my life or what. But I'm going to work on loosing what I have gained.

I have taken Lamictal, 200mg twice a day since 2007. My original statement of not understanding what was going on there I think has cleared up. I have nothing against generic medications. In fact, I'd rather use them than support the giants who get all the money. However... I learned the hard way, that for me, the generic Lamictal did not work. It was like an hour or two/three before my evening dose, I was feeling strange. As if I had missed a tablet or something. I also started getting a rash on my neck. This went on for about three months when I was taking the generic before I realized why this was going on. I am thankfully and loyally back on the real stuff. My doctor has not had other patients that have experienced this, but she said of course things like this do happen.

To have to take medication everyday for the rest of my life is such a downer for me, but I have children and I'm trying to make their lives the best that they can be and keep our good relationships. So each morning and every night I'm sure to take the tablets. I talked a bit to them years ago about my illness but have not really wanted them to know too much. Of course they knew things were not right with me since they were maybe 11 or 12. However in the past year or so I have had some good talks with my kids so they can better understand all of this and they have been surprisingly understanding and supportive. They are 24, 22 and 11. Thank God for them.

I wish everyone out there suffering from mental illness the best in your lives. I'm learning to forget the shame (at least with my family) and to do all I can to make me better.

It takes time to find the right medications for an individual. Be patient, trust in your doctor. (Or switch if you and your doc are just not a match) but don't give up. You are the only one who can make your life happen.